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Smo controller reported aircraft taxied over portion of pavement which had been painted green to keep aircraft away from signage.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 934158 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201102 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SMO.Tower |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Local |
| Qualification | Air Traffic Control Fully Certified |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Ground Excursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
I was training a cpc-it on local control. She had traffic in position and needed aircraft X to exit runway to get out the IFR dept. She told him to exit runway to right and hold short. We have continuous exiting at smo except that recently they painted some green areas around some signage at the runway ends. The aircraft drove over the green area. The green color they used is very dull. Perhaps the city should have briefed the flight schools better and used a brighter green. It's even hard for us to see the departure end green areas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMO Controller reported aircraft taxied over portion of pavement which had been painted green to keep aircraft away from signage.
Narrative: I was training a CPC-IT on LC. She had traffic in position and needed Aircraft X to exit runway to get out the IFR dept. She told him to exit runway to right and hold short. We have continuous exiting at SMO except that recently they painted some green areas around some signage at the runway ends. The aircraft drove over the green area. The green color they used is very dull. Perhaps the city should have briefed the flight schools better and used a brighter green. It's even hard for us to see the departure end green areas.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.